Some years ago, as my Kathy was emerging from her NASA.years, she formed an LLC mainly to collect the proceeds from her speaking gigs. More recently, it is collecting the royalties from the on-line textbook she wrote about her Kinesiology subject of 9 years, Scientific Writing. After my retirement, I asked her to add me. Continue reading “Docere”
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feed my worms
Vermiculture, they call it. Basically, you keep some special worms in a box somewhere in your house, feed them your non-meat kitchen scraps, and get rewarded with a nice treat for your garden. Kathy and I tried it years ago, even using few scoops of their product, but then fell out of the habit ofContinue reading “feed my worms”
a letter to my English teacher
I had 3 or 4 English teachers in high school. I don’t remember who taught freshman English and only remember Mrs. Price, who replaced Mrs. Joyce Ann Pharriss after she moved to California in the middle of my senior year, by consulting my 1970 Barker. Sophomore year brought Mrs. Grace Molineaux, a force of natureContinue reading “a letter to my English teacher”
Juwan and us
My Wolverines played a beautiful game yesterday at Crisler against the hated #9 Spartoons, who came in 1 point favorites and missed the spread by 10. In the first 6 minutes they scored only 3 points, trailed buzzer to buzzer, and went the last 4 ½ minutes without sinking one bucket. In a physical game,Continue reading “Juwan and us”
Feeding the Speis
We adoptees are lucky people. We get lucky right off the bat when some family chooses to take us in, transforming us instantly into wanted children. Some of us get lucky in a different way when later in life we meet up with those who gave us ours. Such was my good fortune almost 13Continue reading “Feeding the Speis”
How we met
My Michigan Alumni group teased me this morning by showing in anticipation of Valentine’s day pictures and stories of alums who had met at Michigan, asking for more stories. The latter proved to be a dead end. Maybe they’d had enough. I still went to their Facebook page and posted our story, after composing it.Continue reading “How we met”
Vampire Marys
Mike from Toledo and I weren’t exactly friends, but we’d trod a lot of the same paths and shared some institutional attachments. We’d both gone to Michigan undergrad, Mike a few years ahead of me taking the frat route with me the hippie wannabe. We both got enough academic cred to make medical school, andContinue reading “Vampire Marys”
33 and a third
Pertaining to 2/4/20 Quite a few months ago we figured this date would mark 33 and a third years since the day we wed. Hard to let that one sneak by. I put in in my phone and only a couple of days ago noticed it was coming up. Warde Manuel and Juwan Howard hadContinue reading “33 and a third”
Sonny and Jimmy
Saturday presented another new mystery. The night before I’d found in the pile of stuff emptied from a box of Vicksburg memorabilia a manila folder containing press clippings describing the horrific 1968 accident that had killed 2 friends and classmates of mine plus 3 older boys. I was so excited by the contents, I didContinue reading “Sonny and Jimmy”
Dinner with the McCarthys
Denise was the perfect woman for me. Tall, smart, cute, athletic and right around the corner on Barton Lake. Who knows what forces got me to make the trek over to her house to visit, but they must have been considerable. Once there, in a season I don’t even recall except we weren’t going swimming,Continue reading “Dinner with the McCarthys”
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